Daily Quickie, 10.27.11

Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno attends a PNC Bank “Grow Up Great” grant announcement at the New Jersey State Museum, takes part in an announcement about new headquarters for Fluitec International in Jersey City and visits New Jersey Micro Electronic Testing Inc. in Clifton.

Assemblyman John Wisniewski, the state chairman of the Democratic Party, hosts representatives of New Jersey’s education community and constituencies for a roundtable discussion of the state of public education in New Jersey and education initiatives and issues expected to be part of the upcoming legislative debate. The event’s at 3:30 p.m. at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in New Brunswick. David Driscoll, a former education commisssioner in Massachusetts, who chairs the President’s National Assessment Governing Board, is among the speakers.

New Jersey Transit executive director James Weinstein joins members of his executive management team and other staff at New York Penn Station, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., to talk with customers at NJT’s latest “We’re Listening” forum.

Motor Vehicle Commission chief administration Raymond Martinez visits the Mt. Laurel Community Center with MVC specialists to conduct free car-care checks to help seniors prepare their cars for winter. He’s to be joined by state Sen. Diane Allen and Mayor Jim Keenan, who — in an unusual coincidence — is a Republican candidates for Assembly in the 7th District.

The New Jersey chapter of the Sierra Club holds a Statehouse news conference to announce endorsements in this year’s Senate and Assembly races.

U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance appears on Fox Business Channel’s Varney & Co. around 9:30 a.m. to talk about the economy, health care and other topics.

Banking & Insurance Commissioner Thomas Considine teaches a financial literacy class at Howell High School this morning. The class covers how to establish and preserve good credit, set up a budget, open checking and savings accounts and guard against identity theft.

Rutgers’ Center for European Studies hosts its third European Union-New Jersey Business Forum, focusing on alternative energy, at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development in New Brunswick. The forums are meant to raise awareness in the state’s business community of the European Union and of the potential for stronger EU-New Jersey trade, investment and R&D ties.

Sen. Raymond Lesniak and his organization, The Road to Justice & Peace, host ‘A Victims Advocacy Forum for Loved Ones of Homicide Victims’ at 5:30 p.m. at the Elizabeth Public Library. Guest speaker Ed Martone, from the New Jersey Association on Corrections, will discuss how to empower family members who have lost a loved one to violence. Other organizations concentrating on violent crimes and the family members of those lost them will also attend.

Community Affairs Commissioner Lori Grifa joins local officials and project developers to celebrate the completion of Kershaw Commons, a special needs housing community in Freehold Township specifically designed for residents with multiple sclerosis.

New Jersey Public Interest Research Group releases a report that outlines problems identified in a nationwide study of local contracts with vendors for red-light and speed cameras. There’s a pilot program now underway in New Jersey that’s supposed to reach two dozen municipalities by 2013.

Assm. Jon Bramnick receives the Law and Justice Distinguished Achievement award from Rider University at a luncheon.